I have this white screen problem for last 3 months. Prior to that the camera Lumix DMC TZ5 worked like a charm. Usually when I turn it on it gets white screen. After doing on and off several times, it does come and and the pics are as good as they ever were. It seems as same issue as Matt's problem above. His solution of pressing the Mode Dial seems to work for me too. I wish there was a simple solution to the problem. I don't have the expertise or the tools to open this camera up and try to fix the contact issue.